NGC 4684
NGC 4684
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 4684 as it looked roughly 73 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 4666Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4720Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4668Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4720Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 825Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4668Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4775Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4731Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).